Improved folding chair



* (lnied States stent @twine Letters Patent No. 102,0

22, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVED FOLDING CHAIR.

To all whom it may conce-rn Be it known that I, GEORGE MCALEER, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new 'and useful Improvement in Folding Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingr forming part of this specification.

The figure is a side view of my improved cha-ir, and shows in dotted lines a modification of' the short posts. A

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of folding chairs with flexible seats, so as to make them better adapted to support the. back of the person sitting in them than the folding chairs constructed in the ordinary manner; and

It consists in the chair constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the long posts of the chair, which, instead of being constructed upon an elliptical or other uniform curve, are made with an angle at the points at which the round that supports the rear end of the flexible seat B is attached. This construction brings the upper part of the long post A forward into such a position as to comfortably support the back of the person sitting iu the chair. This cannot be done with curved posts, for, should the curve be increased, the upper part of the back ot' the chair will be thrust for- The' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same ward so as to make the chair a 'very uncomfortable one to sit in.

The short posts O may be madestraight, as shown in the drawing, or they may be made with an angle at or about the points where they. are pivoted to the long posts A, as indicated in dotted lines in the figure.

The chair-posts are strengthened at their angles by light met-allie straps or plates D, secured to the said posts by screws or other suitable means.

The posts A Cupon ,the one side are connected with the posts A O upon the other side of the chair by suitable rounds or stretchers in the ordinary manner- `l? am aware that folding chairs with ilexible seats Witnesses: I

HORACE Vasi', F. A. GAsKILL. 

